Top Memory #3: Boat ride

We hired a guy out on the beach to take us out on the water. Everyone kept trying to sell us hours of boating to go whale watching or fishing or whatever. What they didn’t understand was that a baby and a toddler (and frequently we) have short attention spans. So we asked for a short trip 30 minutes to an hour and we had no expectations beside going out on the water with the kids for a bit.

Boating is so relaxing. The sun, the rocking, the ocean smell and spray. The kids did fantastic. We watched planes take off from the airport and pelicans glide close to the water looking for dinner. We waved at locals in their boats and got splashed by bigger boats’ wakes. Little miss Eden got to wear a life jacket like Dora the Explorer. It was the first thing she asked for when we told her about the boat.

The guy driving the boat put some lines in the water. Eden got some beginner’s luck! A fish got on one of the lines and right as Chad and Eden were reeling it into the boat it got away. Only minutes later Eden was helping reel another, bigger fish in!

She could not get enough of touching that fish. She stroked its scales and poked its eyes. The girl is not afraid.

Posted by on December 22nd, 2010